Railroad tie



lllatented Nov, 225, 1924.

MIKE SAWICKI, OF BRUNO, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

RAILROAD TIE.

Application filed November 8, 1923. Serial No. 673,523. v

A further important object of my invention is the provision of a tie having a casing 15 surrounding the same to form chambers allowing the road bed material to enter and to be tamped therein for firmly anchoring the tie to the bed.

Another object of my invention is the 20 provision of a tie within a casing to form open chambers for drainage and similar purposes.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a tie equipped with rail fastening means allowing` a ready exchange of worn rails, and for properly spacing the rails equidistantly for any predetermined width of track.

These and other objects of my invention W are accomplished by means which will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then be specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a ,en material part of this disclosure:

Figure 1 is a side view of a tie constructed according to my invention, partly in section.

Figure 2 is an end view thereof.

ic rlhe metal tie 10 proper, preferably of the form illustrated in Figure 2, is located in a casing composed of the side walls 1.1, 12, iop plate 13 and bottom plate 14, held together by means of a plurality of bars 15, 1r 18, the ends of which project above the top plate 18 and below the bottom plate 14:

where they carry heads 17, while above the top plate bars 15, 16 carry nuts 18.

The top plate 13 is provided terminally 5o with inwardly turned rail base engaging members 19 and 20 respectively, which are inclined and spaced at their inner ends with relation to the top plate 13 and allow an engagement of the inner faces with the outer 55 inclined faces of the rail bases, 2l and 2,2

respectively, on one side of the rail webs 23 and 24C of the rails 25 and 26. The rail bases 21 and 22 are engaged upon the opposite side of the webs 23, 241 by clamping plates 27, 28 respectively which are shaped similar to members 19 and 20.

The lower faces of plates 27 and 28 are seated in depressions 29 formed in the top plate 18, and are held in place by means of bars, pins or rods 30, 31 passing through bottom and top plates and the plates 27 and 28; below the bottom plate 111 the rods 80, 3l carry heads 32, and above the upper faces of plates 27, 28, nuts 38.

Spaces 84:, 35 respectively are formed between the side Walls 11 and 12, and the tie 10 and it will be clear that these spaces may either be filled with the material of the road bed in order to firmly anchor the t-ie in the bed, orthese spaces may be left open at convenient and suitable places for drainage purposes.

From the above description it will be clear that the rails of a track may be conveniently and quickly laid at the proper predetermined distance from each other and be secured firmly upon the ties, allowing a convenient and vready exchange of worn rails.

Changes may be made in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts without departing from the scope and spirit of my invention as defined in the appended claim.

I'Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim is A railroad tie comprising a metallic body having inwardly curved side walls, a casing enveloping the body and comprising an upper wall resting upon the upper side of the tie and extending beyond the side edges thereof, a lower wall supporting the bottoni of the tie and extending beyond the edges thereof, and side walls intermediate the upper and lower walls and spaced from the side walls of the tie, means for securing said walls in fixed relation, and rail securing members integral with the upper wall of the casing.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my' signature.

MIKE snwioxr, Witness s .J WY MsGDQaALD: 

